Google settles with Labor Department over alleged hiring and pay discrimination
The tech giant will pay almost $2.6 million to employees and job applicants. Listen - 02:19
The settlement includes back pay and interest to thousands of female engineers. Stephen Shankland/CNET
Google will pay almost $2.6 million to settle claims of systemic compensation and hiring discrimination at offices in California and Washington, the US Department of Labor said Monday.
The department said it found pay disparities that affected Google female engineering employees, as well as female and Asian job applicants. As part of the settlement, Google will provide $1.3 million in back pay and interest to almost 2,600 female engineers, and $1.2 million to almost 3,000 applicants who weren t hired.
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